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P. M. YOUNG & W. H. KINCAID.

SHUTTER WORKER.

No. 341,201. Patented May 4, 1886.

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SHUTTER-WORKER.

EPECIEIGAIION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,201, dated May 4,1886.

Application filed November 1, 1884. Serial No. 146,987.

T to whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, PETER M. YOUNG.- and XVILLIAM H. KINCAID, citizensof the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex andState of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Inside Shutter Openers and Closers; and we do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

The object of this invention is to simplify V and improvetheconstruction of shutter-workers, and to overcome certainobjectionable features existing in those heretofore in use.

It consists in the improved shutter-worker, constructed and adapted tooperate substantially as and for the purposes hereinafter set forth, andfinally embodied in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters ofreference indicate corresponding parts in each of the figures, Figure 1illustrates the relation of our improvements to the window frame andshutter. Fig. 2 is a section of the frame and worker taken through linea, and Fig. 3 is a detail of a cogged or notched knob or hand piece bywhich the device is operated.

In said drawings, a indicates the windowframe or a portion thereof, bthe shutter, c the shutter hinge section or plate, and d theframe-section. The said section 0 is provided with an angle gear -wheel,0, and the shutter-plate is perforated, and thus provides a bearing fora rotating or revolving shaft, 6, which passes through said plate andbackward through a suitable opening in the frame to the interior of thehouse, passing in its course through an inside bearing-plate, h.

On the outside endof the shaft the same is provided with an anglegear-wheel, e,which engages with that on the plate 0, and thereby causesthe said wheel 0 to turn, and with it the shutter, when the shaft 6 isrevolved or rotated.

To the inner end of the shaft is attached a knob, f, the shank g ofwhich has its bearings in the said plate h, attached to the inside of(No model.)

the frame, or the casing thereof. Said shank is cog ed, or provided withaseries of notches or recesses, 1, Figs. 2 and 3, to engage a lug orprojection, j, formed on the plate h. The opening h in the plate 71,through which the shaft e or shank f passes, is vertically oblong toallow the notched shank to be raised from holding engagement with thesaid projection, which is preferably formed 011 the back of the insideplate, and is thus adapted to be secured in a notch or recess ormortise, m, in the frame, whereby it is prevented from being forced fromthe plate It by excessive lateral strain.

In operating the device the ht1ldl6flSSll]1 ply raised in the verticalslot h from engagement with the projection j and then turned pivotally,causing the angle'cog or gear wheel 6 to revolve the gear 0, and with itthe shutter, all as will be clearly understood.

lVe are aware of the devices shown in United States Patents Nos. 93,934,143,416, and 217,873, and do not wish to be understood as claiminganything iherein shown or described. 7

By the peculiar construction of our device the mechanical parts forholding the shutter in a fixed position are all hidden behind theescutcheon, rose, or. bearing-plate h, secured to the inside casing, soas not to detract from a proper furnishing or ornamentation of the room.Furthermore, the fastening is accomplished without drawing the shaft outinto the room, where it is liable to be bent or broken, and alsodetracts from the appearance of the room, as above. Again, when theshutter is to be fastened in any of the several positions, no care isrequired in fastening, the weight of the knob or handle causing the peripherally notched or cogged portion to drop automatically into holdingrelation with the plate h.

Although we do not wish to limit ourselves to having the fasteningcogson the shank of the knob, yet we prefer that arrangement to secure alarger number of cogs around the periphery of the shaft, sothat we maybe able to fasten the shutter at a, greater number of points in itsrange of movement.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim as new is- In ashutter-worker, the combination, with ICO a peripherally notched orcogged shaft having an angle-cog to engage a cog, of the hinge, a plate,h, having an oblong opening providing bearings for said shaft andallowing a vertical 5 play or movement therein, and having a projection,j, to receive or engage the cogs or I notches of the shaftautomatically, substantially as set forth. I

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our handsthis 20th day of {0 October, 1884.

PETER 1W. YOUNG. VILLIAM H. KING AID. lVitnesses:

OLIVER DRAKE, CHARLES H. FELL.

